Definition of civil

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Civil (a.) Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.

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Courteous :: Courteous (a.) Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant..
Civilization :: Civilization (n.) Rendering a criminal process civil.
Tartarize :: Tartarize (v. t.) To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest..
Birthright :: Birthright (n.) Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born..
Process :: Process (n.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial..
Disputatious :: Disputatious (a.) Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper..
Incapacitate :: Incapacitate (v. t.) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify..
Ill-bred :: Ill-bred (a.) Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv..
Civic :: Civic (a.) Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs..
Year :: Year (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissext
Gentry :: Gentry (a.) Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
Chamberer :: Chamberer (n.) A civilian; a carpetmonger.
Jurisconsult :: Jurisconsult (n.) A man learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist.
Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state..
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Barbaic :: Barbaic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead..
Parish :: Parish (n.) In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States..
Dyaks :: Dyaks (n. pl.) The aboriginal and most numerous inhabitants of Borneo. They are partially civilized, but retain many barbarous practices..
Hogreeve :: Hogreeve (n.) A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
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